Squeezing appliance



Fan, 1, 1924 11,479,1m

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. ALPHoNsE P. Luann- DRE, a subject of the King'of Great Britaln, residing at Fitchburg, in the State of Massachusetts, in the United States of Amenca, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Squeezing Appliances; and 1 do hereby declare that the followin 1s a full, clear, and exact description of t e 1nvention, such as will enable others skilled 1n the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in appliances for squeezing the contents from flexible containers.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device such as above referred to, comprising a pair of rollers between which a flexible tube for containing tooth-paste or the like may be drawn for the purpose of s ueezing the contents therefrom.

Another o'ject of the invention is the provision of a device such as above referred to in which the rollers are removably mounted so that they can be removed for repairing or the like.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a device such as above referred to, which will be comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and eficient in use, and readily operated.

With the above and other objects in view the present invention resides in the nove features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of the present application,

' and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of the invention;

Figure 2 is an end view thereof;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Fi re 4i is a view similar to Figure 2 showing a modified form of the invention with the gears removed; and,

Fi re 5 is a detail view of one of the side mem ers.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, by corresponding characters of reference throughout the several views, the numeral 6 designates in general my improved inven tion, which comprises a frame 7. This frame 7 consists of a base plate 8 upon the opposite edges of which are formed integral side members 9.

The forward ends of the 'side members are curved as at 10 and provided with a suitable cut away portion 11, which is extended upwardly and downwardly as at 12 and 13 beyond t e adjacent edges of the opening 14;, in order that the rollers may be removably mounted therein.

The rollers 15 are carried by suitable shafts 16 the ends of which are journaled in the curved portions or extensions 12 and 13 above referred to while the said rollers are provided with sultable flexible coverings 17 between which the flexible tube 18 is designed to be squeezed for the purpose of removing the contents therefrom.

The outer ends of the shaft 16 may be provided with intermeshing gears 19 which ensures their movement in opposite directions and one of the said shafts may be engaged by a key 20 by means of which both the shafts and the rollers are rotated in opposite directions. I

In Figure at of the drawing which illustrates a modification of the invention, the gears 19 may be dispensed with and the rollers operating in reverse directions by the flexible engagement of the removable covers 17.

From the foregoing description, it will be manifest that all that is required isto insert the end of the flexible container shown at 18 between the rollers 15 and turn the same in the desired direction which draws the flexible tube therethrough, s ueezing the contents therefrom, as clearly ill the Figure 3.

From the foregoing description it will be manifest that a device for removing the contents from flexible containers such as tubes and the like is provided which will fulfil all of the necessary requirements of such a device, and it should be understood in this connection, that various minor changes in the specific details of construction can be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what 1 cfirim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A squeezing device including a back, a pair of side members formed at the ed es thereof and substantially perpendicu ar ustrated in are illltl 5%; inerenoil thereto, one of said members herring a slot thereto, each of said members having a slot formed therein e pair'of arellel shafts suptherein, apair of parallel shafts having ported by sei sides and each having one their ends seated in the ends of said slots, end seated in an end of the slot, contacting contacting rollers carried by said shafts,

5 rollers carried h snid shafts, and an openand an gfiening extending from each slot 110 ing extending rorn the slot through the through e edge of the corresponding side edge of the member. member.

2. A squeezing device including a hack, lln Witness whereof l have hereunto set "n peir of side niemhere formed at the edges my hand. no thereofi and enhetentially perpendicular ALPHONSE PROSPER LEGENJDRE. 

